Lead, Quality Engineer - Factory Lead

Lead, Quality Engineer - Factory Lead at L3

Harris Technologies summary:

The Lead Quality Engineer at L3

Harris oversees quality processes and compliance across multiple aerospace product lines in a factory setting. They lead initiatives for defect reduction, corrective actions, and continuous improvement using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies. The role requires strong leadership, engineering expertise, and experience with quality management systems to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory standards in the defense aerospace industry.

L3

Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3

Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3

Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:
Lead, Quality Process Engineer - Factory Lead

Job Code: 28508

Job Location:
Onsite at our Canoga Park, CA facility

Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Aerojet Rocketdyne segment of L3

Harris, is seeking a a Lead Quality Engineer to join our Space Propulsion and Power Systems (SP&PS) team. This individual will drive quality processes and procedural compliance across the factory floor encompassing multiple product lines, collaborating with quality and operations leadership, and working closely with the Sr. Manager – Product Acceptance.

Essential Functions:

• Champion, lead, and support the execution of flow-down strategic initiatives.
• Utilizes engineering background and expertise to ensure customer requirement flow-down and hardware is compliant to specifications. Handles and communicates deviations/non-conformances at different levels within the organization and at customer level as applicable. Prepares comprehensive analyses, procedures, reports and presentations for both internal and external customers.
• Actively participates in improvement teams to reduce risk through the application of six sigma tools. Applies zero defects quality principles, concepts and methods, including Lean Manufacturing to continuously improve processes, reduce cost and ensure the quality of our products and services.
• Drives corrective and preventative action activity both in-house and at the Supplier, and provides corrective action board support to manage timely and effective problem closure and recurrence control.
• Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's requirements. Participates in design reviews to identify and correct inspectability and producibility issues and opportunities early in the product life cycle. Provides a clear and concise flow down of product definition and Quality requirements to Suppliers.
• Actively participates in the Material Review Board, including segregation and control of nonconforming hardware to preclude inadvertent processing, disposition nonconforming hardware, preparing for and conducting board meetings, and implementing disposition decisions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related quality experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related quality experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related quality experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• • Technical
    
    Skills:
    • Familiarity with AS9100, ISO
      9001, or other quality management systems.
    • Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications.
    • Experienced in investigating technical issues and nonconformance’s to determine root causes and implement effective corrective…